Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother novel Chapter 10

Chapter 10: Meeting Justin Harper

The next morning, after breakfast, Noah handed over all the information about Natalie to Justin. Justin went through the tablet, carefully reading each and every detail to know Natalie better before their meeting.

Natalie Ford, the eldest daughter of the Ford family. Her mother died in an accident when Natalie was seven. Her father, Jay Ford, brought his mistress Clara home, along with her daughter Briena, who was a few months younger than Natalie. After her mother's death, Natalie became a troublemaker in the family and hated her stepmother and half-sister. During her first year of university, she was accused of plagiarism during a perfume creation competition, said to have stolen her half-sister Briena's work, and was expelled from the school. She made several attempts to harm Briena, and was often punished by the family.

In the same year, Natalie tried to harm Briena by causing an accident just before an important piano competition, almost costing Briena's career as a pianist. To punish her, the family sent seventeen year old Natalie away to a far-off place, Zyros City, a place nothing but living hell, filled with dangers. The Ford family did not provide her with any monetary support, leaving her to fend for herself, more likely leaving her to die there.

"Where is the information about her five years in Zyros?" Justin asked, curious about how she survived there.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Harper. Even with our best sources, we couldn't obtain any information on Ms. Ford's life there. Xyros City is ruled by mafias, and it's difficult for outsiders to infiltrate it to get any information," Noah said, looking regretful for failing this task.

Justin read further. Natalie returned home two years ago and started working with Ivan Brown in his company. Given her dynamics with the family, he understood why she didn't work in her own family's company.

He was quite surprised to read about Natalie's achievements at such a young age, as she single-handedly took care of the R&D department as a director and even created the best-selling perfumes for the company, which saved it from bankruptcy.

"She seems to be quite talented," Justin mumbled.

"Miss Ford resigned from her job and left the company," Noah informed Justin before she moved to the next page.

"Resigned?" Surprised, Justin read the next page and understood that her position had been given to Briena, who was now Ivan's fiancée. "Such an idiot."

"Mr. Brown?" Noah asked.

"The one who can't separate personal and professional matters and loses such a precious asset to the company is nothing but an idiot," Justin commented, clearly recognizing Natalie's contribution and dedication to her work.

"Any data on who she married?" Justin asked.

Noah hesitated slightly, as he hadn't been able to gather that information either. "The man's name is said to be Aiden Handrix, but we couldn't find anything about him, as if someone is intentionally hiding everything related to him, or as if the man does not exist at all," Noah explained. "But we are trying our best to find out."

Justin's expression changed, finding this situation strange.

"There is a video footage we got from her office when she resigned," Noah offered, trying to make up for the missing information. He played the video for Justin.

The footage didn't exactly show the inside of Natalie's office but provided a view from the outside through the glass walls. Inside, she was seen setting a file on fire. Later, her conversation with Briena and Ivan could be heard before the entire floor was drenched in water from the sprinklers, and Natalie walked out of her office looking victorious.